Rome and the Amazon river prospects in 1867
A lengthy excerpt surveys Rome under Italian rule, its decay and potential revival through drainage and modern enterprise. It then discusses the Amazon basin, Brazil's opening of rivers to commerce, and hopes for vast wealth from coffee and cotton regions. mentions European and American interests and ongoing Brazilian policy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon
Andes
United States
California
Oregon
Washington
Europe
Russia
Brazil
Ita Banka
Republica
Tropics
Greenland
Portugales
Rivera
Diverse 19th Century News Snippets From Around The World
A collage of brief items reports on Hartford church construction by Mrs. Colonel Sam Colt, Atlanta widows, Philadelphia mint output, Alleghany snow drifts, London snow fuss, Mexican departures, Chicago skating on stilts, a Japanese embassy to the U S, famine deaths in British India, a leg torn from a moving train in China, a Quebec beggar in a sleigh, England pork ratios, troop actions near Jackson Texas, Alabama population change, New York to Pekin wire goals, Crete war end, Idaho Catholic school bill and veto, Crosby House ticket art, Tennessee franchise change, New York cotton fire loss, California storm, Beecher European trip, Mansfield Framingham railway plan, Brooklyn minister gift, San Francisco cargo profits, Salem philanthropy, Fall River Mills hours change, New York Europe steamship revival date, Maine cow fire, Newport railcar house, Chicago lake tunnel mountain plan, Louisiana sugar crop forecast, Fall River school strike, Long Island Sound winter ice, Pacific Railroad land anecdotes, Paris regatta prizes, U S Supreme Court liquor licensing ruling, Morse cent damages sketch, 130 year old Caroline James obituary, Boston Cretans aid fund.
Real Estate Additions In Bristol 1866
Real estate improvements in Bristol during 1866 include numerous additions alterations and repairs on houses stores and estates across Hope Street Franklin Street Union Street and Thames Street. Costs range from 125 to 7000 dollars with carpenters Johns Munro M. D. Bonney Alfred Pearse and others credited for work. Total recorded up to about 70075 dollars. The Pursuit Association lectures are urged. library support and public funding discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Colt
Hope Street
J. T. Freeborn
Alfred Pearse
Charles Sherry, Jr
Mount Hope House
John R. Gardner
New Peachery
Ferry Road
John W. Munro
James T. Freeborn
Charles Johnson
Hops
Franklin Streets
Pearce & Lawless
James Lawless
Fort Rounds
E. W. Brunson
M. D. Bonnay
Charles D'W. Brownell
Union Street
William D. Powell
Hope and
Barton Streets
John R. Slade
Alexander Perry
High
Union Streets
M.D. Bonney
Ramon Guileras
High Street
John West
Court Streets
Town Flall
Benjamin B. Slade
William B. Spooner
Thames Street
Thomas F. Mason
Bristol Neck
George W. Easterbrooks
Dr. S. 8
Drury
T. J. Griffin, Jr
Wardwell& Brother
William Davis
John N. Burgess
Constitution Street
Marmaduke Mason
Franklin Street
Nathan M. Bunn
C. A. Greene
Bradford Street
Reynolds Manufacturing Co
Thames
Jobo Streets
William A. Manchester
M. D. Bonney
James Anderson
Wolliam Davis
Capenter
Charles Diman
William H. Morse
Church Streets
Carpenter
James H. Gladding
Burton Streets
M.D. Benny
Lewis Richmond
Hope
John Waldron
Obadiah B. Davos
Albert Bannett
John RB. Slade
Mason
Mason W. Pierce
Head of
State Street
John F. Munro
James Rogers
Rock Street
Samuel Martin
Patrick Hammell
William Hart
J. M. Blake
Dr. Balch
M T. Bennett
Bradford
Henry Munro
Otis Munro
Ellen Cahill
New Street
Mount Lane
William J. Miller
Central Street
James N. Gladding
Benjamin Usher
George W. Peckham
B. B. Slade
National Rubber C
William H. Thompson
Community Lectures and Library Fund Drive
The lecture committee faced a small debt though crowd attendance would have boosted funding for a larger library. Catalogues are ready and worth a quarter to inspect, promising readers broad enjoyment if citizens buy and distribute them widely so the town learns all. Place this light on a hill and let it not be bid under a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pursix Association Counst
Library Association
Bristol
Temperance Lecture Illustrated by Large Painting Exhibit
Rev. W. Hanks of the Seamen's Friend Society in Boston presented a temperance lecture at the Congregational Church. A 14 by 7 feet painting depicted the drunkard’s progress from sacred scenes to hellish visions, illustrating the moral arc of addiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Valley
Black Valley Railroad
Congregational Church
W. Hanks
Seamen's Friend Society
Boston
John BR
Gough
Local highway hazards prompt action urged on High Street
Citizens call authorities to repair a bed hole on High Street below Church and to clear ice and snow from sidewalks and crosswalks. Accidents are noted with two icy slips on Hope Street and Franklin Street, stressing urgent safety measures for pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borror
Church
Hope Street
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de Cristal Obenix
Prospects of Rome
Kingdom of
Italy
Rome
Rame
Campagna
Mediterranean
Capitol
Fenwick
Rev
Sebastian Rasses
Natione Gallus
Esocietate Jesu Missionarius
Illinois Et Huronibus Julinum Evangelaus
Deinele
Massachusetts
Mississippi River
Raslas
Bowdoin College
Harvard University
William Willis
Portland
R. K. Blacher
Norridgework
Sebastian Rasles
Franca
Jesuits
Christ
Norridgewock
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Fort Phil
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Reno
Smith
Minnesota
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Tuesay
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Flower
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King
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Bristol and
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Warrior
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Providence Journal
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Sam Colt
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Alleghany Mountains
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Mexico
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British India
Chia
Quebec
England
D Tyie
Jackson
Texas
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China
Greece
Idaho
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Tennessee House
Henry Ward Beecher
Mansfield
Framingham
Mass
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Prain
David Crockett
Salem
Warmsetta Mills
New Bedford
Maine
The
Old Colony and Newport Railroad Company
Newport
Lake Tunnel
White Mountains
N. H
New Orleans Times
Louisiana
Fall River
SNES
Unds
Long Island Sound
Pacific Railroad
Congress
Imperial
Prince of Wales
United States Supreme Court
Nathanrel W. Morse
Skowhegan
Lincoln
Tux
Richmond J Whig
Caroline James
Benjamin Pitcher
Athens
Geece
Zora Intelligence
Caroline Easterbrooke
Culti
Sweet
Thomas Gayton
John Wpuarse
Herald of Health
Journal of Physical Culture
H. W. Beecher
Greeley
Miller, Wood & Co
Laight Street
Amanda Douglass
Frank Lee Benedict
Deacon & Peterson
Walnut Street
Phrenological Journal
Beautiful Princess
Denmark
Czarewitch
Doctora Stevens
Thomson, Durbin
McClintocks Morris
Jones
Simpson
Whedon
Ames
Nast
Elliott
Haven
J. M Howard
E. B. Ward
Keri
Weston
Pope
Fowler and Wells
Broadway
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